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35 Cards in this Set
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Capital of Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh
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King of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz
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Capital of Saudi Arabia
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Riyadh
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Saudi Arabia - 2 major cities
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Riyadh, Mecca
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Birthplace of Mohammed, holiest city in Islam
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Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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Israel's legislature
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Knesset
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President of Israel
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Shimon Peres
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Prime Minister of Israel
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Israel - capital
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Jeruslam [though not recognized by the UN]
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City in Israel where most countries have embassies
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Tel Aviv
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Capital of Israel
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Jerusalem, Israel [not recognized as the capital by the UN and many countries]
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Israel - ethnic groups
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75% Jews
20% Arabs 5% other |
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Syria - capital
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Damascus
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President of Syria
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Bashar al Assad
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Prime Minister of Syria
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Waer Nader al-Halqi
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Syria - 2 major cities
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Damascus, Aleppo
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Capital city of Iraq
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Baghdad
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Prime Minister of Iraq
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Nouri al-Maliki
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Capital of Iran
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Tehran
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Supreme Leader of Iran
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Ali Khamenei
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President of Iran
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Capital of Kuwait
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Kuwait City
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Kuwait - ethnic groups
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33.9% Kuwaiti Arabs
45.9% Other Arabs 13.5% South/East Asian 1.9% Iranian 4.8% Europeans and Americans |
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Capital of Qatar
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Doha
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Capital of Oman
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Muscat
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Capital of Yemen
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Sana'a
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Capital of Bahrain
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Manama
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A rocky plateau in the Anti-Lebanon mountains that overlooks southern Syria. The region attracts three million tourists a year and supplies Israel with one-third of its water.
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Golan Heights
[photo: Birkat Ram, or "Ram Pool," a crater lake near Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights, which is fed by underground springs. Photo by Bouki Boaz] |
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What river does "West Bank" refer to?
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Jordan River
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Palestinian Territories - 4 major cities
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Ramallah, Hebron, Jericho, Gaza
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Capital of Lebanon
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Beirut
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Capital of United Arab Emirates
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Abu Dhabi
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United Arab Emirates - major cities
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Abu Dhabi
Dubai |
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United Arab Emirates - ethnic groups
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16.6% Emirati (Citizens)
23% Other Arabs 42.3% South Asian: Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi, 12.1% Other Asian communities, including China, the Philippines, Thailand, Iran, South Korea and Afghanistan 6% Western expatriates, from Europe, Australia, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America (2009) |
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Lake Ram, a crater lake in Golan Heights (a rocky plateau in the mountains that supplies most of Israel's water)
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